I’ve got a few items on the required reading list today, but it was Brigid’s tip over at MangaBlog that made me decide this had to go up today.

Now, my favorite work by Osamu Tezuka is Unico (my first anime ever, prior to my knowing what anime was…or what Japan was, probably). But a close second? Black Jack. And now Vertical has posted a free preview of their Black Jack release (due out at the end of September).

But there’s more to read! And I’m not just talking about my Expo stuff, either:

• Comics212’s Christopher Butcher has a two part, fairly in-depth look at the U.S. manga industry– and make sure you hit up the comments, too.
• For fans of Gundam 00, Gunota Headlines has some details about where the characters are at the beginning of season 2, courtesy of Newtype, Animedia, and/or Animage, no doubt.
• Over at Icarus (NSFW), Simon has links to two excellent pieces: Sporadic Sequential’s 5-point plan for Kodansha’s world takeover (for a chuckle) and Katherine Farmar’s tips for new comics publishers (for food for thought). Also, if there are any VIZ (or other manga publishers) reading this, you should definitely read the comments on Simon’s post for some interesting marketing initiative ideas from Simon and John Jakala.

Keep reading, kids!

Tags: Black-Jack, gundam-00, kodansha, vertical, western industry

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